1 million social housing units will be completed 2 years early, with over 1.6 million units by 2030

On January 21, speaking at the 14th National Party Congress, Minister of Construction Tran Hong Minh highlighted the results achieved in infrastructure development according to the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of Delegates and mentioned many groups of solutions to create breakthroughs in the new era.

According to Minister Tran Hong Minh, transport infrastructure has developed more strongly and synchronously, many key projects have been completed ahead of schedule.

By the end of 2025, the country will have 3,345km of main expressways and 458km of intersections and access roads put into operation...

In the 2021-2025 period alone, 2,025km of expressway has been completed and opened to traffic, nearly double the number of kilometers of expressway in the previous 20 years.

The total capacity of the seaport system increased nearly 1.3 times compared to 2020 (from 730 million tons to 900 million tons).

The total capacity of airports increased by more than 1.6 times compared to 2020 (from 92.4 million passengers to 155 million passengers).

These results have helped reduce logistics costs from 21% in 2018 to about 17% of GDP, contributing to improving national competitiveness.

The airport system has been focused on investment and upgrading, such as: Long Thanh Airport, Gia Binh, Phu Quoc, completion of Noi Bai T2 terminal, Tan Son Nhat T3 terminal...; national railway system (high-speed railway on the North - South axis, Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway, railway connecting foreign countries, connecting seaports, airports...).

The urban railway system in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City is being actively promoted.

Urban infrastructure, housing, technical and social infrastructure develop faster, better meeting the needs of people and businesses, urban space is expanded, opening up new growth poles.

Compared to 2020, the urbanization rate to date has reached 45% (up 5%); Urban population has access to clean water at 94% (up 3%); Average housing area reaches 30m2 floor area/person (up 5.6m2).

The whole country has deployed more than 682,000 social housing units, joining hands to eliminate more than 334,200 temporary and dilapidated houses. These are "Special National Works", "Work of the Party's Will, the People's Heart".

The foundation for green infrastructure, digital infrastructure adapting to climate change, and smart cities are initially being formed.

To contribute to the successful implementation of the strategic breakthrough in infrastructure development identified in the draft documents of the 14th National Party Congress, Minister Tran Hong Minh said that the Party Committee of the Ministry of Construction has studied and proposed a number of key tasks and solutions.

Some key goals are focused on such as: Forming a system of 5,000km of highways; Deploying investment in key national railway lines; Increasing seaport capacity to 1.2-14 billion tons (an increase of 1.33 times compared to the current 900 million tons/year);

Along with that is improving the capacity through the airport system to about 275 million passengers (an increase of 1.7 times compared to the current 155 million passengers); Striving to complete the goal of having 1 million social housing units 2 years early and over 1.6 million units by 2030 compared to the target; Striving to achieve the urbanization target of over 50% by 2030 (compared to the current urbanization rate of about 45%), the rate of solid housing will increase to 85 - 90%.

The Ministry of Construction aims for Vietnamese enterprises to gradually master the technology of constructing high-speed railways and urban railways, reduce dependence on foreign contractors, and first of all, in the field of operations and exploitation and gradually master the technology of designing and producing components and carriages.

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